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APPEKDIX. 
The broader question of the general ethnological affinities of 
the Kru dialects is the question, that, in the present state of our 
knowledge, is the most important. 
There is every reason to believe, that, although we want 
information concerning the dialects of numerous localities on the 
Grain, Ivory, and Pepper Coasts, we are still in possession of 
a considerable amount of knowledge as to the affinities of the 
languages north and south of the Kru area. 
It is not likely that, to the north, any language different in 
kind from those already known will be discovered between the 
Grain Coast and Sierra Leone, where we find the Bullom, Tim- 
maui, and Susu languages, of the great Mandingo class. 
Nor is it likely that, to the south, any language different in 
kind from those already known will be discovered between the 
Grain Coast and the Gold Coast, where we find the Fanti, 
Ashanti, Acra, and other languages of the great Ashanti, or 
Ibo-Ashanti class. 
Furthermore, even in respect to the interior, it is highly pro- 
bable that wc know, in hindy the languages to the back of tlie 
Kru country. The Asokko, or Sokko, a language of which 
specimens are given in the Mithridates, and which is allied to 
the Mandingo, is stated to be conterminous with the Ashanti; 
whilst the Kong and Garman numerals of Bowdicb, representing 
languages of the interior, are Mandingo also. 
Hence, it is j)robablo that the languages of the Kru class are 
conterminous with the languages of the Mandingo and Ashanti 
class — those terms being taken with a general signification. 
Now, without going farther than Mrs. Kllham’s tables, we 
may safely make the three following statements. 
1. That the Kru languages are by no means isolated; but 
that they have miscellaneous affinities with the languages with 
Avhich they are conterminous, and with the language of the west 
coast of Africa in general. 
2. That they have affinities with the Mandingo and Ashanti 
dialects more than with any others. 
3. That the evidence of the following table is in favour of the 
Ashanti affinities being greater than the Mandingo. 
